Hero of the Sea
sir peter blake's mighty ocean quests
$20.92
- Hardcover
32 pages
- Release Date
30 September 2018
Summary
The Adventures of Peter Blake: A Hero of the Sea
Meet Peter Blake, the famous New Zealand yachtsman, who conquered the world’s most famous yacht races and dedicated his life to protecting our planet’s precious waterways.
“Remember,” he wrote, “this is the most beautiful world, and it’s the only one we’ve got.”
Sir Peter Blake’s life was an extraordinary adventure. Over his 30-year career on the ocean, he sailed around the globe, achieved victory in the world’s most p…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780143771654 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0143771655 |
| Series: | David Hill Kiwi Legends |
| Author: | David Hill, Phoebe Morris |
| Publisher: | Penguin Group (NZ) |
| Imprint: | Puffin |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 32 |
| Release Date: | 30 September 2018 |
| Weight: | 432g |
| Dimensions: | 256mm x 246mm x 11mm |
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“An absorbing account of a true Kiwi hero.” –Australian Women’s Weekly
About The Author
David Hill
David Hill (Author)
David Hill is a prolific and highly regarded New Zealand writer, playwright, poet, columnist and critic. Best known for his highly popular and award-winning body of work for young people, ranging from picture books to teenage fiction, his novels have been published all around the world and translated into several languages. In 2004 David was made a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit and in 2005 he was awarded the Storylines Margaret Mahy Medal, acknowledging his significant contribution to children’s literature in New Zealand. He lives in New Plymouth.
Phoebe Morris (Illustrator)
Freelance illustrator Phoebe Morris works from a small studio in Wellington. Hero of the Sea is her fourth collaboration with acclaimed author David Hill, and their award-winning picture book series of biographies of famous New Zealanders for Penguin Random House New Zealand has earned her unanimous praise. In a review for the New Zealand Listener about her first picture book, First to the Top, Ann Packer wrote ‘Wellingtonian Phoebe Morris makes a stunning debut as an illustrator … from the arresting cover, through cameos of his younger life, to haunting, other-worldly mountainscapes, Morris’s style gives the old story a cool new edge.’
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